Wendy Fowler is a self-taught artist and has been creating art as far back as she can remember. She credits her artistic influences ranging from her father, anime-styled art such as CLAMP, Boris Vallejo, Chris Achilleos, Olivia de Berardinis, Brian Froud, ElfQuest, Jessica Galbreth, Amy Brown and Nene Thomas, just to name a few artists on an extremely long list of favorites.
She has always been charmed by the wonderously enchanting and mystical realm of fantasy. Her inspirations spring from a line in a song, an image, Shakespeare, myths, legends and her own sea of imagination, which then Wendy infuses her creations with a piece of herself, emotions, heart and soul.
Wendy is happily married and has a wonderful pixie for a daughter. She hopes one day to have a 'little zoo' of animals to add to the magic and mischief that is already invited into her homestead but until then, she is currently traveling the world with her family; finding pixies, fairies and magic are always crossing her path, be it on a leisure stroll, our in the garden, a sip of tea or reading a book or where ever she goes.
She enjoys sharing the magic and wonderment that has been sprinkled across her life with others through artwork as an expressive medium to show the "other" side to reality.
Q - What kind of paint do you use?
A - Wendy uses whatever she can get her hands on when it comes to painting. Her primary medium is watercolor and her favorite brands so far are: Daniel Smith, Sennelier, Winsor and Newton, Schmincke Aquarell in tube and pan form. Wendy also uses various watercolor pencils as well. She also uses colored and pastel pencils, acrylic and gouache to help achieve a desired affect.
Q - What kind of paper do you use?
A - Wendy prefers Lanaquarelle and Fabriano in 300lbs., Arches in 140lbs (blocks) in either hot or cold pressed paper and Crescent hot press illustrator/watercolor board.
Q - What kind of brushes do you use?
A- Wendy has a variety of brushes she uses and doesn't have a particular 'favorite' when it comes to brands.
Q - Do you just do watercolor only?
A - No, Wendy has done a few pieces in pastel using Faber-Castell and Stabilo CarbOthello on Strathmore Artigain colored paper or paper for pastel work. Once the pastel piece is completed, it is covered in a sealant so as not to smudge. She is also testing and learning about digital art, using Adobe Photoshop and Painter, using a Wacom Intuous 2 Graphics board.
Q- Do you have a tutorial on how you do your artwork?
A - Coming soon! :D
“You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand.”
Irene C. Kassorla